For me it was all about giving in to what is becoming a norm. I like being the rebel and atheism will eventually become a norm and even as an atheist I am not a normal one. I come off quite religious or theistically inclined at times.
It all comes down to hope and the power of thought. People like myself who deluded themselves into believing there is a god or possibility of one do so because of hope and I do not mean the sparkly heaven type hope I mean hope for cognitive impossibilities. When there is no god a lot of wonder and awe is taken form the world, or so it seems from the theistic mind. I believed this to. I constantly tried redefining god and try to make god a possible entity until I realized I was only able to conceive of a philosophical and symbolic god not an external definable being. I knew of the fact that science did not support the conclusion that god exists and it did not bother me the slightest because I tried shoving god into the equation somehow to make it feasible. Alas it was hopeless.
Theism is primarily an emotional attachment and one thing I advice to atheists is that atheism should not become an enemy of theism but instead it should be blunt and treat theism in a non harsh manner except for when need be. Because even though there is no evidence to support a god people will cling to theism out of the dread of atheists. Whenever I debated atheist as a theist they were usually snobbish arrogant asses and ignorance on theistic matters was very strong.
Treating religion like a disease is the wrong way to go about things and anti-theism wins nobody.
It all comes down to hope and the power of thought. People like myself who deluded themselves into believing there is a god or possibility of one do so because of hope and I do not mean the sparkly heaven type hope I mean hope for cognitive impossibilities. When there is no god a lot of wonder and awe is taken form the world, or so it seems from the theistic mind. I believed this to. I constantly tried redefining god and try to make god a possible entity until I realized I was only able to conceive of a philosophical and symbolic god not an external definable being. I knew of the fact that science did not support the conclusion that god exists and it did not bother me the slightest because I tried shoving god into the equation somehow to make it feasible. Alas it was hopeless.
Theism is primarily an emotional attachment and one thing I advice to atheists is that atheism should not become an enemy of theism but instead it should be blunt and treat theism in a non harsh manner except for when need be. Because even though there is no evidence to support a god people will cling to theism out of the dread of atheists. Whenever I debated atheist as a theist they were usually snobbish arrogant asses and ignorance on theistic matters was very strong.
Treating religion like a disease is the wrong way to go about things and anti-theism wins nobody.
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